Introverted; anti-social

Ko͘-ta̍k-sèng ê

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Hit ê lâng chiok ko͘-ta̍k-sèng ê, lí iā biàn siūⁿ-kóng i ē kā lí tàu-saⁿ-kāng sím-mi̍h8.

He’s pretty antisocial, so you shouldn’t fool yourself into thinking that he’s going to help you with anything.

A fish rots from the head; if the top (parent/boss) isn’t upright, the low will be twisted

Siōng put chèng, hā chek oai

Literally: Top not straight, bottom then crooked

Not know what’s good for oneself

M̄ chai hó pháiⁿ

Literally: not know good (or) bad

None of your business

Kap lí bô tī-tāi

[ = Kap lí bô koan-hē]

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Chit hāng tāi-chì kap lí siáⁿ tī-tāi?!

What does this matter have to do with you?!

E-book

Tiān-chú-chheh

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Chīn-kóan Twitter, Bin-su, Google, kap Kindle tiān-chú-chheh í-keng chìn-ji̍p hiān-tāi lâng ê seng-oa̍h, tān-sī tiān-sī iû-gôan sī siōng ū éng-hióng-le̍k ê mûi-thé, iû-kî tī sàn-chhiah tē-khu.

Despite the fact that Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Kindle electronic books have already made their way into the lives of modern people, television is still the most influential medium, especially in poorer areas.

You smoke?

Found this one in an old pile of papers.

Copyright 2008 Tân Gī-jîn. Used with author’s permission

Cartoons do not reflect the views of the blogger or his employer.

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Lí ē chia̍h hun?

Lióng-sèng pêng-khoân. Lâm-lú ū kâng-khoán ê chun-giâm, jin-khoan.

Kâng-khoán ê chham-chèng-khoân, kâng-khoán ê siū-kàu-io̍k-khoân, kâng-khoán ê kang-chok-khoân…

Kâng-khoán ê siong-hāi sin-thé-khoân?

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You smoke?

The sexes are equal.  Men and women have the same dignity, the same rights.

The same right to participate in government, the same right to education, the same right to work…

And the same right to harm their bodies?

Patriarchal attitude; male chauvinism

Toā-lâm-jîn chú-gī

“Big-male-person-ism”

Declining birthrate

Chió-chú-hoà

Literally: Few-child-ization

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Siū chió-chú-hoà ê chhiong-kek, Tāi-pak-chhī kok-sió sin-seng ji̍p-ha̍k jîn-kháu múi chi̍t nî hā-kàng.

Hit by the declining birthrate, the total number of new students entering elementary school is falling every year.

Turf; territory

Chit kak-sì sī i ê tē-thâu, mài khì jiá tio̍h i.

This corner is his turf, so don’t mess with him.

Brain drain

Jîn-châi goā-liû

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Tâi-oân ê ū châi-lêng ê siàu-liân-lâng bô ài toà Tâi-oân, lóng khì Tāi-lio̍k á Bí-kok chia̍h thâu-lō͘, jîn-châi goā-liû chin lī-hāi.

Talented young Taiwanese don’t want to live in Taiwan, and all go to the Mainland or the United States to work; the brain drain is really serious.